Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal pre-European contact with the Americas(nature.com)
nature.com
Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal pre-European contact with the Americas
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07881-4
The article is talking about Rapa Nui, or Easter Island [2]. The article also talks about ecological collapse on the island; one of the books that promoted this is Jared Diamond's Collapse [3].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23771756
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island#
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse:_How_Societies_Choose...